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  • PostgreSQL 9.3 communicates well with others

    For this year's annual update to PostgreSQL, the developers behind the open source database have added several new ways to communicate with other databases and data storage systems.

    Written by Joab Jackson09 Sept. 13 16:48
  • Apache Cassandra 2.0 brings the old school SQL functionality

    The Apache Cassandra NoSQL distributed data store continues to accumulate features that mimic traditional databases, with the newly released version 2 of the open source software offering triggers, lightweight transactions and an updated query language similar to SQL.

    Written by Joab Jackson04 Sept. 13 17:12
  • Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message

    It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate.

    Written by Loek Essers26 Aug. 13 11:34
  • Oracle rolls out 'Big Data' appliance

    Oracle unveiled the Big Data Appliance, the newest addition to its line of products that combine software and hardware, during the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Monday.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus04 Oct. 11 03:48
  • Post-Jobs, Apple Needs to Open Up

    There's no denying that the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/238738/steve_jobs_resigns_as_apple_ceo_tim_cook_takes_the_reins.html">departure of Steve Jobs</a> as Apple CEO is the end of an era. It's difficult to think of any other leader as synonymous with a brand as he has been.

    Written by Katherine Noyes26 Aug. 11 10:34
  • North Shore high school ditches Microsoft

    Albany Senior High School running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite an education licence deal for schools to use Microsoft software.
    The school in Auckland's North Shore City has been running an entirely open source infrastructure since it opened in 2009. The 230-pupil school was set up to follow open learning principles, offering large &quot;learning commons&quot; areas where multiple classes interact rather than conventional classrooms and setting aside one day each week for pupils to work on self-driven research projects.

    Written by Angus Kidman24 Jan. 10 22:00
  • Five big obstacles in the Windows war

    Google has announced that it has an open-source operating system for PCs in development that shares the same name as the company's browser: Chrome.
    The Chrome OS announcement generated more buzz than a swarm of bees and has been called an OS market game-changer by some in the blogosphere. A Google blog post heralding Chrome OS offers a direct challenge at nemesis Microsoft and will raise some eyebrows in Redmond.

    Written by Shane O'Neill09 July 09 22:00
  • Ex-Microsoftie says free software will kill Redmond

    Bill Gates probably will not sing the praises of Keith Curtis, a programmer with Microsoft for 11 years who's now left the fold and written a book about why the Redmond way will fail. Oh yeah, Curtis is not afraid to speak his mind as a Linux guru, either.
    The mantra Curtis repeats throughout his book After the Software Wars: proprietary software is holding us back as a society.

    Written by Shane O'Neill21 May 09 22:00
  • Power of sharing

    As the financial world went into shock on the infamous Lehman Brothers Monday of September 15, 2008, finance chiefs across North America and Europe struck a line through billions of dollars' worth of technology spending.
    Major vendors, including SAP, Intel and Microsoft, felt the squeeze almost instantly, and warned investors to expect huge declines in revenue in coming months.

    Written by Ben Woodhead03 May 09 22:00
  • Open source of savings

    With more that 62 per cent of companies looking to cut back or freeze spending on information technology, large corporations are looking again at using open-source software such as Linux instead of proprietary software, IDC research shows.
    Sometimes referred to as &quot;free&quot; software, open-source software provides end users with access to the underlying software code and is often much cheaper to acquire than proprietary software.

    Written by Jeanne-Vida Douglas25 March 09 23:00
  • Open source hot area for 2009

    Open source, virtualisation and identity management will be areas to watch in 2009, according to Sun Microsystems ANZ vice president and managing director Duncan Bennet.
    Bennet, who posted the observations in a video to customers, says open source will be important in the economic slow down.

    Written by Hamish Barwick16 Dec. 08 22:00
  • Microsoft's openness stressed

    Expressing a now-familiar theme, a Microsoft executive at the ApacheCon conference on Friday morning touted Microsoft's efforts to be more open, highlighting moves such as offering the company's "M" modeling language under the Microsoft "Open Specification Promise."

    Written by Paul Krill10 Nov. 08 08:09